Attachment for electric chandeliers.



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Be 1t known t atfl', JULIUs C. SCHAEFER, a

citizen ofthe United States, residing at Peo# l riapin the county of Peoria and State vof Illinois, have invented certain new' and useful l provements in Attachments for Electric Qha'ndehers and I do hereby declare that the -fd lowing is a full, clear, and `exactdescription .of the invention, which will enable ot ers skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention pertains to improvements in electric chandeliers, and said invention further relates to an4 attachment for the same'. The object of the invention. is to provide for electric. chandeliers a simpleattachment by which an auxiliary light may be furnished at a light answer where severalare usually necessary.

A further object of my invention 1s to propurpose 'and which will merely replace parts ordlnarily employed in a chandelier and without necessitating a rearrangement lof said chandelier.

A still further object of the invention is the general improvement ofchandeliers, whether y electric or combination fixtures.

The invention may be understood from the following specification,.aided by the accoglipanying drawings, in which-A Figure 1 is a partial sectional elevation of a 'chandelier as ordinarily constructed and known as a combinationfixture F ig.2 is a top view of the same, in which certain parts areeliminated while others are shown in section. of the attached thereto. Fig. 4 i's'an e evation' of. my attachment shown in part section. Fig. 5 is a general view of a comhination-chande-y lier with'my improvement depending therefrom..

In the figures, A indicates a cast ring which forms a common member in which the pipes which carry the gas and electric wires are care' y' ried.' For the purpose ofmaking the `draw ings understood the gas-conv eyingv members. are represented by the lletters B B and the' `condu1ts.for,the electric wires by C Q, all of ,which are covered by the usualburnished and lacquered tubing D. The ringA has a central enlargement "E, supported by arms F, which are Specification of Letters Batent. Application filed January 30, 1905.. Serial Nom/13,444.

described, at the ends of whic K andL, covering-tubmg M for the pipe G. The pipes lower position and thereby make on'ey and it isthe purpose,

.Fig. 3 is a partial sectional elevation chandelier, showing my 1m rovemjent bored out to convey gas from the ATTACHMENT Fon rELo'isle CHANDELIERS.

Patented March 2o, 1906,'

'- pipe G, whichis screwed into the said central en a rg'emen't Ef-"t-"tihe gajapi es B B,Y before lh are the burners, one of which is shown` at H in Figs. 5.v The ring-A isbored and screw-threaded in order tolreceixie the endsof theconduits C, as shown in Figs'. 1 and 3. Thus constructed the device is covered from view by .means of the' usual spun-metal shell, com osed of -a middle ring J and the upper and owerbclls res ec'tively, upon which rests the and' co'ii-'giit'sgandfC `pass through the rlng J, and,4 thus s'pport that member, while theV upper'bell'K rests upon the ring. y The means usually employed to hold the lower ,member in place is to provide a threaded rod N,

which screws into the lower portion of the enlargement E of the ring A, the lower end of the rod N having an ornamental head, as

at O, upon which the 'said member vL rests. Avide an attachment for accomplishingy this he foregoing descri tion makes clear the l construction of chande iers as now employed, as stated in the objects. at the head of this specification, to provide an attachment therefor b which a light may .depend from the chande ier, the advantages of which nare obvious. The construction and arrangement may-be now understood. Iny Fig. 3 a ortion of that shown in Fig. 1 isillustratei 'g but the rod N has been removed and in its place is screwed a member P. (Shown separately. in Fig. 4.) This .member is a rod having an enlargement Q at its lower; end which ciu'ves outward away from` the .line of the rodV propenso as to forma cavity R. The extreme end is screw-threaded and bored' In placing the member P in position the rod N 'is first removed f 9 by unscrewing it, thus allowin the lower bell eave its positiolp. ylhen t e member Pis L tol cutoff the desired "t'htiojust permit its enlargement Q to lieI vvth'in` the said portion L,fas in Fig. 3, ailid its jectgpbelow the latter. ,l Theiupper end yis then screwed into 4the part] E oftthe rind A.

then followed bythe portidhilgthehole thereof being previously reained out, if necessary, to allow the threaded end of Q through. Next is provided a shade and shai'le-holder,A by'S and the latter by T. The shade-holder is slip )ed on over the threads ofthe part Q,

and t lisis followed by the lamp-socket U, no

centrally, as shown through whichI x electric wiresmay passi threaded end to proroo It is 'i to pass the former being represented which screws thereon, the complete device being shown in Fig. 5. It will now be seen that the appearance of the chandelier has not been altered, and by the peculiar manner of attaching the lamp and shade the chandelier is not altered in construction in the least. In Fig. 1 the electric wires are represented at a., where they enter the shell J K L through the tube M above, as usual. 'llhese wires are spliced at V, so as to supply 'a lamp at each side, said lamps, however, not being shown. Now in Fig. 3 extra wires l) l) are connected at V, by Wlhich thelamp that has been added can be lighted. These wires b extend down through the member Q into the lamp, and the latter is controlled by the usual switch W. Obviously more than one lamp can be arranged below the chandelier in this way, if desired, and I do not corinne myself to one only.

The member P Q is made of' considerable length, as shown in Fig. 4, so that it willv be adaptable to all lengths of shell and is cut the desired len tli for eaeh'individual case., all of i which will e understood.

l. In an electrie fixture, a pipe snspended from the ceiling, a central member carried by said. pipe, a series of pipes radiating from said member for carrying electirc wires to the lamps on the extremities of said pipes, `and an attachment for the said central member comprising a stem screwed into the bottom there-I of, said stem having a threaded lower extremity for receiving an. electric lamp, the 'stern having an opening therein at its side f abovethe said threaded extremity the saine extending down through the saidv threaded extremity for carrying wires to the lamp car* ried thereon and amember for concealing the view, substantially as described.

2. In an electric fixture, a pipe suspended thereby, a series of radiating pipes connected tremity having an enlargement curved outward and recessed, and a pesage in the enlargement extending downward through the said threaded extremity for passage oi elecineiiiber f or concealing` the stein from view, as described..

3. The combination with a pipe suspended,

for receiving an electric lamp, there being an enlargement on the stein inst above said lower threaded end at one side only ol' said 'stem as shown, there being a recess in the enwithinl the recess beneath the said stein po1 tion, said hole extending down through the threaded lower end for permitting entrance secLred thereon as described.

-In testimony whereof I ailix niy signature in presence of two witnesses.

JULIUS C. SCIIAEFER.

Witnesses:

L. M. TiiURLow,

E. J. AEiisoL.

stein, above the threaded extremity, freni 4o from the ceiling, a central member earrimL into the member, each carrying an electric extremity, the stein above the threaded ex- 5o tric wires therethrough` to the lamp and a 'from the ceiling, ol a solid stein suspended therefrom and having a threaded lower end 6o largementbeneath the upper stem portion, there also being` a hole in the enlargement' of the electric wires into the electric lamps 7o 

